Rememory is an upcoming sci-fi mystery movie from director Mark Palansky, starring Peter Dinklage, Julia Ormond, and the late Anton Yelchin. In a rare move, it will get its debut on Google Play Movies & TV before it hits theatres. Even better, it'll be free for a limited period, from August 24th.

[Spoiler Alert] The film tells the story of visionary scientific pioneer (Martin Donovan) and his invention that can record and play people's memories. He's found dead soon after its unveiling, causing his widow (Julia Ormond) to isolate herself from the outside world until a mysterious character (Peter Dinklage) appears to help solve the mystery. It's currently got a rating of 8.6 on IMDB, so could be worth seeing. Take a look at the trailer below to whet your appetite further.

Lionsgate Premiere will be releasing the movie in theatres on September 8th, 2 full weeks after it'll debut on Google Play Movies & TV, so if you want to see it early you know where to go. It will be free from August 24th to September 20th, and available to users in the following countries:

Press Release

REMEMORY

SCI-FI MYSTERY STARRING PETER DINKLAGE AND JULIA ORMOND AVAILABLE FOR FREE FOR A LIMITED TIME EXCLUSIVELY ON GOOGLE PLAY STARTING AUGUST 24, 2017

IN SELECT THEATRES SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

LOS ANGELES, CA (August 14, 2017) – REMEMORY, the sci-fi mystery directed by Mark Palansky (PENELOPE, A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS) and starring Emmy Award® winners Peter Dinklage (GAME OF THRONES, X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST) and Julia Ormond (MAD MEN, LEGENDS OF THE FALL), alongside the late Anton Yelchin (STAR TREK, LIKE CRAZY), will debut exclusively for free for a limited time on Google Play* on August 24, 2017. The film will also be released by Lionsgate Premiere in select theaters on September 8, 2017.

REMEMORY was written by Michael Vukadinovich and Mark Palansky and produced by Lee Clay and Daniel Bekerman. Robert Halmi and Jim Reeve serve as executive producers. The film explores the ways in which our past defines the present. A visionary scientific pioneer (Martin Donovan) is found dead shortly after unveiling his newest invention: a device able to extract, record and play a person’s memories. His grieving wife (Julia Ormond) retreats into her house and cuts off contact with the outside world when a mysterious man (Peter Dinklage) shows up. After stealing the machine, he uses it to try and solve the mystery, beginning an investigation of memories that lead him to unexpected and dangerous places.

REMEMORY had its world premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and marks the first time that Google Play will exclusively debut an Official Selection from the festival. The film was financed by Great Point Media who hold the international rights to the film.

*REMEMORY will be available for free from August 24 to September 20, 2017 on Google Play to residents in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Botswana, Cambodia, Fiji, Iceland, Jamaica, Macedonia, Malta, Namibia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Google Play is an online store with millions of digital songs, movies, TV shows, apps, games, books and more. With access to 40 million songs, thousands of new release movies and next day TV shows, millions of apps and games, and thousands of news sources, Google Play is your one stop shop for digital entertainment on any device.

Founded in 2012 by Robert Halmi and Jim Reeve, Great Point Media specializes in development, investment and exploitation of intellectual property in entertainment media. Halmi is an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning film and television producer with over 300 production credits, including Tin Man, Farscape, and Lonesome Dove. Reeve is an Emmy Award-winning producer with 25 years’ experience in production finance and distribution with credits including Foyle’s War and Jack Higgins’ On Dangerous Ground. Recent projects backed by Great Point Media include Lady Macbeth, Christine, Rememory, Complete Unknown and The Party.

a metric f-ton of countries from all over the damn world and germany isnt in it? annoying.

KennyB123

Very few European countries, surprisingly.

Bruce Wayne

Copyright and distribution issues.

My1

if US only I may understand that but why do the makers of the thing distribute it in so many countries but not just all?

Bruce Wayne

It's not as straightforward as just releasing it in many or every country. There can be certain distribution or copyright issues or contracts in place. It could be a marketing move where they only plan on marketing to certain counties. It could be anything really.

My1

well when it's contracts maybe they should think BEFORE signing those?
it's really annoying that a lot of stuff is onlv available in the US or whatever or needs half an eternity to reach here.

marcusmarcus2

I'm sure they put a lot of thought in to contracts before signing.
If they sign a contract, they may be able to release it in a multiple countries more. If they do not sign it, they can release it in even less countries. Their thought might be they would rather release in many (but not all countries) rather than just a country or two.

My1

why wouldnt they be able to release it? I mean okay localizing and stuff is one thing but a direct digital release is no challenge, also I dont like that all the countries that dont get this deal are essentially paying for those that are, I mean this thing gets out 2 weeks earlier, is available for a month AND IT'S FREE.

and they have to make money somehow.

marcusmarcus2

Direct digital release may seem like no challenge in our mind, but we don't know all the legalese that needs to be done on the companies' sides that we as consumers never see. Also, I'm sure Google put in a bit of money to these film companies that worked on this movie so I would say Google is footing most of the bill for the users that can watch it for free.

Bruce Wayne

It's the same way all over the world. There are certain YouTube videos that are only available in certain countries like UK, Germany, South Africa etc.

On Netflix, some videos are exclusive to a specific country or region. Is it fair? Not really but it's just the way it is.

BBC's iPlayer can't be watched outside of the UK. There are many other examples.

One of the official languages of Rwanda and Sri Lanka is English, yes. You're right about Nepal though. Seems I've been too quick. For almost all of those countries, English is (one of the) official language(s).

Vratislav Jindra

Same with the Czech republic, the item is not available here. Which is a shame, I watch almost everything in English language with English subtitles. I thought we were long past the times when items on the Play Store were limited to certain countries. I guess not.

My1

well globalization at its best. makers can prodce from all over the world (mostly china) as cheap as ossible but then region lock the stuff to certain places so that people dont even DARE to import it from somewhere cheap.

Suresh Aryal

Why put spoilers in the main article? That too of a mystery movie?
I skipped that part but many will not appreciate it. By the way I am a huge fan of mystery and horror movies with plot twists.

marcusmarcus2

I think it is just a normal brief description of a movie. Like the description on the back of a DVD box. He just put spoilers as some might consider a short description a spoiler and to keep people from complaining...Did not seem to work this time. /s

It's more a summary of the trailer than anything, the trailer probably has more spoilers in it already.

Justin W

Is this free to only watch during the period or free to "own" if we "buy" it during the period?

Ailín Ó’S

Once you add it to your library you can watch it whenever you want, even after the 2 week period beginning 24/8.

marcusmarcus2

Source? Are you sure it is not just a free rental until then?
Not saying you are wrong, just I have not seen it official one way or the other.

Ailín Ó’S

When a film is free on Google Play it says "add to library", you add it and it's available to watch whenever you want. That's how it's been with previous Play releases/free films and that's how it'll be here too. It doesn't say available for a 2 week rental period. It says it's free.

marcusmarcus2

Yes, that is what they have done in the past and you are probably right that it will be that way again. But that is not a guarantee that it will be that way again. There is a first time for everything and they could decide to have it be a free rental for that period for this film. It could be in a contract with Lionsgate that it can only be a free rental. Again, I am not saying it is going to be a rental, just it is possible. Their wording does not specifically say it will be free to own or free to permanently add to your library either.
With out a source saying one way or the other specifically, it is just a guess on your part, even if it is a well thought out, educated guess with a high chance of being correct, it is still just a guess.

DuckingGold

You should get out more.

marcusmarcus2

I get out plenty, thanks though.
Does reasonable thoughts make it sound like I don't get out enough?

saf1927

It also appears as a "Purchase" on YouTube too if you are logged into your Google account. That means it will stay there permanently.

Ailín Ó’S

Not overly interested in the film but free is free.

John Smith

It looks pretty interesting and fast paced, I will definitely be checking it out!

ilovetesla

Sri Lanka, Nepal but no India .....WTF ,our neighbors gets it but not us

NooSH

i'll watch anything with a lannister traitor anyday.

Martin Cohen

In 2010 I wrote a poem titled "rememory". Here it is.

What does the butterfly remember?
Does the caterpillar have a premonition?
Do they ever talk?
Could the caterpillar ever believe what it will become?
How would it change?
Would that make any difference?

Obvious parallels are left as an extra credit exercise.
No points are ever awarded.

JG

I would love to see this become more common place.

Obviously, giving away movies for free all the time wouldn't work too well. But there's no reason a movie couldn't be released to streaming services like Google Play along side their theatrical release (or maybe a week or two later).

Sure it might not be pure 100% "theater experience" but now that Google supports 4k and all that jazz, playing on a 75 inch screen with a decent surround sound set up, should be pretty close -- close enough for my needs at least.

Hollywood would probably end up pocketing some extra cash from it. Personally, I haven't been to the cinema to see a new movie since the initial reboot Star Trek launched in 2009. Instead I usually just grab "new" titles when they come out to the Redbox for a couple bucks.

But I just checked IMDb and there are a few titles (Thor, Justice League, and Star Wars) coming out that, if given the ability to do so, I probably would happily drop $10-15 to see "early" while their still in theater. I'd bet there are others out there like me who would be in the same boat. I'd think Hollywood would be down for getting extra cash - especially if it comes from converting pirates to being paying customers.... Not saying all pirates will start paying, probably most will stick with FREE, but still... I'm sure some would jump on the convenience of in home viewings on your own schedule. And some is better than none. Especially using a method that won't really cost Hollywood much of anything to implement.

Rob

Only three European countries: Albania, Macedonia, Malta. Wonder how they made that selection!

Mace Moneta

Probably based on local laws. Some see a corporation giving a normally paid product away for free as unfair competition (e.g., with theaters).

Rob

Yeah could be. However EU competition law is pretty much the same in all Member states, but could very well be something like that regardless!

Gonza

Please make an update to the article once it's available, so we remember !

Worked fine for me via Playstore. I'm in the US. I don't have Play Movies installed at all.
EDIT: I did not use the link in this article. I read the article on my computer and searched for "Rememory" in my play store app on my phone. Not sure if that makes a difference.

Is it free purchase or rental? It has 17% rotten tomatoes. That's a big difference

marcusmarcus2

The 17% Rotten Tomatoes is from Critics. I don't usually pay attention to that as I look more for the Audience Score on that site. The two scores can be similar or vastly different. I usually agree more with Audience Scores than Critics. Audience Score is not out yet for this movie though so all we have on the site is Critics score.

I don't get it - what do the IMDB ratings mean? Presumably these aren't opinions from people who've already seen the film, or there couldn't be so many of them already. Rotten Tomatoes only lists six reviews, but five of them are negative: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rememory

Angry Pepe

Awesome, it available even in Zimbabwe, but not in my country ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Thanks, I tried. It says, it's not yet available, add to wish list to get notification when it will be available. Not for money as well, just not yet. Bad luck... I'm in Japan. Probably it need to be translated to become available.

Not available in Sweden it seems. I can only add it to my wishlist. I've tried searching for in in both Play Store and the Play Movies app (and I've tried all the links people have posted here in the comments).

if i watch this and its actually really good id go to the theaters to watch it again!

Kostas 💪🎩

why?

Avishek

Not Available in India :(

gosa

and while google keeps on ignoring people in Spain who wants access to content in its original language (I'm making a wild guess on why it's not available here) I just go on downloading whatever I want to see through other means.
Not saying it's right, but when all that's being offered are books translated to Spanish or movies dubbed into oblivion that's all I've got...